GTM Operations Specialist

Swim Recruiting; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 47,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation pay

Job summary

Swim Recruiting is seeking a Go-To-Market Operations Specialist in Vancouver on a 6-month contract with potential extension. The role supports pre-, during-, and post-milestone GTM activities to align product strategy with the guest experience.

You will collaborate with global teams across brand, merchandising, planning, design, and supply chain, ensuring seamless execution. A bachelor’s degree and 1+ year of operational experience are required, with strong analytics and communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or related discipline.
• 1+ years in operational role at apparel company, investment banking, or management consulting.
• Global understanding with strong relationships across regions and HQ.
• Proven ability to influence and partner with others.
• Growth mindset and willingness to learn on the job.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-, during-, and post-milestone GTM activities and calendar delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration across brand, merchandising, planning, design, and supply chain.
• Maintain GTM documentation and training materials.
• Analyze seasonal KPIs and advise on risk mitigation for delivery.
• Build trusted cross-functional relationships to gain buy-in for initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Growth mindset

Team player

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline

Job description

This is a 6-month contract role with potential for extension should business needs and performance align.

Who – The Company:

Exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing international Vancouver based company and one of Vancouver's finest! They are a people-centric organization and are known for their collaborative team culture.

What- The Role:

The Go-To-Market team sits at the center of our client's end-to-end value-chain transformation. They are responsible for architecting the future-state GTM vision and operating engine, driving disciplined, measurable progress toward that vision. As experts in how functional processes connect across the value chain, we bring a holistic lens to identifying trade-offs, designing integrated solutions, and ensuring that evolutions serve the business, our teams, and our guest.

This team plays a critical role in identifying and leading integration needs across the value chain, always grounding decisions in what best supports the guest and aligns with lululemon's overall enterprise strategy. They partner closely with executive leadership, global and regional brand, merchandising, planning, design, supply chain, and cross-functional partners who shape how we create and bring product to market.

The GTM Operations Specialist will support seasonal delivery of a go-to-market calendar phase by supporting the execution of pre-, during-, and post-milestone preparation and processes enterprise for GTM milestones for calendar phase ensuring integration of product strategy throughout.

The Specialist will have an entrepreneurial spirit. You are an effective communicator who thrives on problem solving and can navigating a fast-paced environment with agility. Support the plan and publish of the GTM calendar, setting the framework through which teams deliver the season from concept to market

• Support consistency of execution of pre-, during- and post-milestone preparation and execution partnering with leaders across the organization to deliver against the GTM milestones.
• Support GTM Evolution team to integrate redesigned processes into our Milestone, sub-milestone and L4 processes, templates and operating rhythms
• Support the maintenance of GTM L2 sub-milestone meeting landscape (pre/during/post milestones, Event Expectations, L4 processes and seasonal templates driving consistency and continuous improvement
• Support analysis of seasonal KPIs to support governance of the GTM process and develop recommendations to mitigate risk to seasonal delivery
• Support the seasonal calendar publish processes and develop solutions to manage risk and calendar stack issues
• Anticipate risks and dependencies; proactively activate partners and insights to resolve challenges before they impact results
• Identify opportunities and requirements that will unlock efficiency towards our goals and enable the adherence of the current and future GTM process

• Build trusted relationships cross-functionally to provide clarity and garner buy-in for ongoing initiatives and seasonal execution
• Support the planning and delivery against seasonal processes
• Support in maintenance of GTM Documentation for business facing learning materials and training

Who – The Candidate:

• A bachelor's degree in business, engineering or related discipline. 1+ years of experience working in an operational role at an apparel company, investment banking, or management consulting.
• Exposure either as part of organization or group that experienced significant growth.
• Global in Understanding. Has strong working relationships globally; experienced in supporting a global framework both regionally and HQ.

• Minimum of 1+ yrs of relevant professional experience in this field of work, including consulting and/or direct business management
• Strong analytical and analysis skills
• Strong communication skills - interpersonal, written, and verbal
• Demonstrates willingness to learn on the job - has a 'growth' mindset
• Ability to influence and partner with others - a strong team player
• Ability to support continuous improvement and increased efficiency and effectiveness as business needs shifts
• Proven track record of building relationships, establishing rapport, credibility and trust
• Self-motivated, passionate, detail-oriented, multi-tasker extraordinaire who thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Resourceful, able to navigate an organization independently and comfortable with ambiguity
• Demonstrates discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Hands-on mentality and pragmatic approach with strong collaboration attitude and team play

How much:

$34-35/hr commensurate with experience + 4% vacation pay

Where:

Vancouver, BC, 4 days' onsite